DNP Select Income Fund (DNP) Competitors

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) and DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is OBDC or DNP more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 38.29% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 11.73% beat DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	38.29%	11.73%	4.98%
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend OBDC or DNP?

Blue Owl Capital currently has a consensus target price of $15.42, suggesting a potential upside of 8.80%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is OBDC or DNP a better dividend stock?

Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 98.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blue Owl Capital has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Blue Owl Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, OBDC or DNP?

Blue Owl Capital has higher revenue and earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Owl Capital	$1.60B	4.54	$741.06M	$1.51	9.38
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer OBDC or DNP?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 19 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 3 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.80 indicating that DNP Select Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Owl Capital	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DNP Select Income Fund	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, OBDC or DNP?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in OBDC or DNP?

42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats DNP Select Income Fund on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.